Supply Chain Management Alternative Course Outlines

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1 Supply Chain Management Alternative Course Outlines This is a course design for a 24-session course, each session of ninety minutes duration. Course Objectives: The course would help students in: Understanding strategic role of supply chain Understanding the drivers of supply chain performance Understanding the challenges of managing supply chain in India Developing capabilities for analytical analysis of supply chains Session-wise Schedule Session Topic Read Remarks No. 1 Overview of supply chain challenges in India Chapter 1: The Role of Supply Chain Management in the Economy and Organizations Introduce mini project I on estimating the length of chain for an FMCG company. 2 strategy performance measures benchmarking 3 Outsourcing: make versus buy Sourcing strategy 4 Managing supply chain operations simulation 5 Inventory Basics and models 6 Inventory : Advance models & applications Centralization and decentralization Choice of mode of transport ABC analysis Chapter 2: Supply Chain Strategy and Performance Measures Chapter 3: Outsourcing: Make Versus Buy Supply Chain Initiative at APR Limited Chapter 4: Inventory Management Chapter 4: Inventory Management Introduce mini project II on supply chain benchmarking. Simulate typical day at APR in the classroom Focus on basic concepts and models. Focus on analysis of the impact of supply chain redesign can be using inventory models

2 7 Mini group-i presentation by participants* challenges in FMCG industry 8 Transportation Vehicle routing and scheduling 9 Mini group-ii presentation by participants* benchmarking 11 Network design and operations Facility location Global supply chain Chapter 5: Transportation Case : Vehicle Routing at Baroda Union Read: Chapter 6: Network Design and Operations: Facility Location Case: PC International Limited 12 Forecasting Chapter 7: Demand Forecasting 13 Analysing supply chain performance 14 Analysing supply chain performance 15 Information technology & SCM Role of ERP Case : Supply Chain Management at Dalmia Cements Ltd. Case: Kurlon Limited Chapter 8: Information Technology and SCM 16 game Mini project from Chapter 9: Supply Chain Integration Based on presentations, discuss supply chain challenges in India. The impact of organized retail also can be discussed. Students are not expected to analyse case Baroda dairy in great detail. Use the case to understand issues in transportation in general and vehicle scheduling in particular Based on presentations discuss the differences in supply chain practices across firms within the same industry. Limitations of financial benchmarking should also be discussed Students are not expected to analyse case in great detail. It can be used to understand issues in network design and operations. Focus on transportation, facility location, and inventory. Focus on performance measures, forecasting, and inventory. Students should play the beer game. (This would require Internet connection Pearson Education

3 17 Analysis of supply chain game coordination Chapter 9: Supply Chain Integration for students to play the game.) Based on the analysis of the game, initiate a discussion on supply chain integration. 18 restructuring Product and process redesign 19 Agile supply chain disruptions 20 Pricing and revenue 21 Presentation by supply chain practitioner 22 Retail supply chain 23 Executing supply chain improvement projects Chapter 10: Supply Chain Restructuring Chapter11: Agile Supply Chains Chapter 12: Pricing and Revenue Management Case : Subhkiksha Case: Marico Industries: mysap Implementation Students can be asked to apply this idea for the Kurlon and the Dalmia cases. The section on restructuring placement of inventory in chain to be avoided unless students are mathematically inclined. 24 Course review and wrap up -Supply Chain Management: Text and Cases by Janat Shah (Pearson Education 2009) * Group presentation should be scheduled. Different institutes have courses of varying duration where class room contact hours vary from 20 hours to 50 hours. For a 20-hour course, you can cut down on the following: Outsourcing IT & SCM Agile Supply Chain Pricing and Revenue Management Course Review Pearson Education

4 Mini Project II Presentation by Practitioner Should use either Dalmia or Kurlon and not both Should use either Subhiksha or Marico Case and not both Supply Chain Game (Beer game: mini project from chapter 9) can be played by student groups outside the class Inventory can be done in one session instead of 2. One additional session can be scheduled on other issues in SCM in which the following topics can be just introduced: Outsourcing IT & SCM Agile Supply Chain Pricing and Revenue Management For a 50-hour session, you can use one of the following approaches: a) Schedule 25 sessions of 120 minutes each. In every session, a longer discussion can be carried out on caselets, interview and opening vignette presented in each of the chapter. One additional session can be scheduled on case analysis of Global Green. b) Schedule 33 sessions of 90 minutes each. The additional 9 sessions would be as follows: Outsourcing: 2 sessions instead of 1. The first session can focus on outsourcing and the second session can focus on sourcing strategy and e-sourcing. Transportation: 2 sessions instead of 1. The Baroda dairy case can be discussed in greater detail. Network design and operations: 2 sessions instead of 1. The case on international network can be discussed in greater detail. Forecasting: 2 sessions instead of 1. First session can focus on conceptual issues and basic models. Second session can introduce more advanced models involving trend and seasonality. Supply Chain Integration: 2 sessions instead of 1 session. The session can start with student presentations on their analysis of beer game. Students can also present their analysis of various scenarios presented in mini project. Supply Chain Restructuring: 2 sessions instead of 1. Restructuring the placement of inventory in the chain can be handled in second session. Pearson Education

5 Agile Supply Chains: 2 sessions instead of 1. Responsive supply chains can be discussed in first session and supply chain disruptions and risk can be covered in the second session. Case analysis of Global Green case to be scheduled. Presentation by Supply Chain Practitioner: Two speakers can be invited where one speaker can be from FMCG industry and second industry can be from IT consulting who can present various features of ERP/SCM software, what makes ERP/SCM software implementation a success. The effectiveness of the course can be enhanced by making students active partners in the learning process. Mini projects/games/ case analyses should be done in groups of four or five students. In general, ask students to do following: Understand supply chain challenges for one Indian FMCG firm by collecting primary as well as secondary data. Mini project I can be done on that company and mini project II can be done on industry group relating the FMCG company chosen for the study. Students can collect articles on that company from business periodicals and visit that company s website for supply chain related details. Students can try and meet company s dealer as well as sales manger located in their city for developing better understanding of the chosen company s supply chain challenges While doing any case analysis students try and collect some primary data. For example while analysing Subhiksha case students should visit Subhiksha outlet in their neighbourhood. Similarly while analysing Marico/Kurlon. They can try and interact with retailer/dealer in their neighbourhood to understand relative service (compare to competitors) provided by the respective companies. Students should be encouraged to build Excel-based models for case analysis. Pearson Education